existing table and adjust its cell spacing or cell padding to make up for the necessary spacing. To do this, we'll begin by adding a new table. You can begin the process by following these steps: 1. Select the Header table by choosing the Select Table option from the Table Widths Visual Aid. 2. With the Header table selected, choose Insert, Table from the main menu. The Table dialog appears. 3. Give your new table 4 rows, 2 columns, a width of 640 pixels, a border thickness of 0, a cell padding of 0, and a cell spacing of 5. 4. Click OK. Your new table is inserted into the Document window as shown in Figure 6.16. Figure 6.16. The new table is inserted and includes a cell spacing to protect the content from the left edge of the page. [View full size image] 5. Assign your table the ID Content by typing Content in the Table ID text box in the Properties Inspector. Now that the table is firmly in place, you can see that the cell spacing is available. Unlike the Header table (which doesn't contain spacing around the edges of the table), our Content table contains spacing around the table and in between cells. This becomes more obvious when you insert text into a cell. You can also add spacing between the content and the cell borders by modifying the cell padding. You've seen how to manipulate the table's properties using the Table dialog, now let's modify the cell padding using the Properties Inspector. To do this, simply select the Content table by choosing the Select Table option from the Content table's Table Widths Visual Aid. Next, enter 3 in the CellPad text box in the Properties Inspector. Notice that spacing between the cell's content and the cell's borders are adjusted according to the new cell padding value. Table Alignment Now that we have a header table and a Content table, let's finish off the table structure of our page by adding a Footer table. If you remember from the previous design, the content at the bottom of the page was aligned to the center of the page. Although technically we don't need a table devoted to the content that will reside in the footer, creating a Footer table provides us with an opportunity to discuss table alignments. Before we discuss table alignments however, let's add the Footer table to the page: 1. Place your cursor just to the right of the Content table. 2. With your cursor blinking to the right of the Content table, choose the Table option from the Insert menu. The Table dialog appears. 3. Give your table 1 row, 1 column, a width of 250 pixels, a border thickness of 0, a cell padding of 10, and a cell spacing of 0. 4. Click OK. Your new table is inserted into the Document window, similar to Figure 6.17. Figure 6.17. The new table is added at the bottom of the page. [View full size image] 5. Assign your table the ID Footer by typing Footer in the Table ID text box in the Properties Inspector. With the Footer table now at the bottom of the page, you can adjust the alignment by simply selecting the table and choosing one of the alignment options from the Align menu in the Properties Inspector. Choose the Center option so that your table is center aligned at the bottom of the page. It's important to point out that the table itself is aligned on the page, not the content within the table. To align the content within the table, select that content and choose the Center align option.